steel
- IPA[stēl]
美式
- a hard, strong, gray or bluish-gray alloy of iron with carbon and usually other elements, used extensively as a structural and fabricating material；used as a symbol or embodiment of strength and firmness
- mentally prepare (oneself) to do or face something difficult
verb: steel, 3rd person present: steels, gerund or present participle: steeling, past tense: steeled, past participle: steeled
noun: steel, plural noun: steels
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a hard, strong, gray or bluish-gray alloy of iron with carbon and usually other elements, used extensively as a structural and fabricating material steel girders
- ▪ used as a symbol or embodiment of strength and firmness nerves of steel a steel will
- ▪ a rod of roughened steel on which knives are sharpened.
動詞
- 1. mentally prepare (oneself) to do or face something difficult I speak quickly, steeling myself for a mean reply
